A plea for sense and sensitivity
The next government must resolve several tricky quality and standards issues IN ITS SUBMISSION to the Dearing Inquiry, Lifelong Learning, Labour endorsed the creation of the single quality agency "as...
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Arcane and disabling
Complex, academic writing prevents communication and is anathema to employers, argues Ann Lewis Universities are partly responsible for our jargon-ridden society as they churn out graduates hooked on...
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Cash crisis hits trainees' wardrobe
Teacher training has emerged as a hot election issue A crisis is looming in teacher training recruitment, two new reports indicate. Last week a report from the cross-party House of Commons Education...
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Problem solvers are survivors
As the British Psychological Society meets this week, THES reporters review latest research People with confidence in their own problem-solving abilities are more likely to survive aeroplane crashes...
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Barbie's boyfriend proves man's ideal
As the British Psychological Society meets this week, THES reporters review latest research The constant parade of supermodels throughout the media has led to what psychologists have dubbed the "...
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Cancer research goes platinum
Chemists at Edinburgh University have launched a Pounds 145,000 project to develop more effective platinum-based anti-cancer drugs. Two versions of these drugs are used on testicular cancer and...
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Sociologists clock on to children's time
A child's-eye view of time is to go under the microscope to discover how youngsters organise their day. Sociologists at Hull University and Goldsmiths College have received Pounds 140,000 from the...
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Nurse Nit becomes sexual adviser
The school nurse has a valuable role as a confidante for children who do not want to turn to parents or a teacher with health problems, new research has found. A study into the health of school-age...
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Co-ops now pay dividends
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Shipping news
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Tyne fog clears
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Newcastle brown and gown
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Raking in support that puts navel gazing into the shade
Outsiders are being persuaded that field research must have practical benefits for communities When Johan Pottier began research on food crises in East Africa he was determined to break with past...
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Dawn of a partnership
Outsiders are being persuaded that field research must have practical benefits for communities The world recognises that Africanist expertise is stored in British universities. Keith Hart calls for...
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Trials in a two-way chemistry
Outsiders are being persuaded that field research must have practical benefits for communities In the chemistry department, on the stiflingly hot campus of Dar-es-Salaam University in Tanzania,...